Broncos president and CEO Joe Ellis watches warmups before the game. The Denver Broncos hosted the Arizona Cardinals at Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver, Colorado on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017.

Broncos president/CEO Joe Ellis met with players and coaches before their organized team activity workout on Tuesday to discuss the NFL’s new national anthem policy. The league’s owners last week approved a measure that would require players to stand for the anthem if on the sideline, but gave them the option of staying in the locker room.

“It went well,” Broncos coach Vance Joseph said. “It was good that Joe could address the team. It hadn’t been an issue with our football team, but the policy came up last week and he wanted to just confirm what the policy meant for the players. It was a great conversation – again, (it was) a conversation. He gave some clarity to it (and) what it meant for us.”

Last year, 32 Broncos players knelt for the anthem before their game at Buffalo, but stood as a team for the remainder of the season after a team meeting where players agreed on a unified look.

In a statement last week Ellis said: “We want all members of our organization to stand for the national anthem. At the same time, we need to listen to our players and support the issues and causes that matter to them.”

Said linebacker Von Miller: “We have an understanding as players on what needs to be done regarding the national anthem. We were already done with that last year and we came together as a team. It’s a situation that we were already past. Any new policy the league imposes it really doesn’t affect us.”

Joseph said the policy is a “good thing,” for the league because it provides a map for each team.

Asked if the Broncos will establish an anthem policy, Joseph said: “We don’t need one. That is the beauty for having a (league) policy now. Last year, we didn’t have a policy so you had 32 different policies. I’m happy there is a policy in place for all 32 teams.”